The Next Four Days in Seventh Semester

The lecturer made a quiz about Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, induction and act I. We were working in group to finish the 12 questions. But my group just finished six of them. It was fun, tho :D

HOMEWORK!

Read the second and third act of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew :)

My friends and I discussed our plan for the final assignment which is making a commercial :)

The lecturer asked the class to answer eight questions about narrative perspective and our opinion in Jan Mark's "It Wasn't Me" :)

The lecturer asked the class to watch several movies that related to the topic, Gender and Genre. She offered three titles, How To Train Your Dragon, From Prada To Nada and Beauty & The Briefcase. I already watched the first two movies. Then I was looking for to the last title and watched it. The movie was so funny and I like it so muuuccch! We discussed it in the class and how many men rejected the way Hilary Duff represented women there :)

The next group explained a topic about Student-Lecturer Relationship in and out the class :)

1st

FINALLY, my group had a chance to show our understanding about The Translator's Voice in Translated Narrative :D

2nd

The next group presented their understanding about Ideology in translation process :)

Looper

Genre:

Sci-fi/Action

Director & Writer:

Rian Johnson

Cast:

Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Noah Segan, Piper Perabo,  Jeff Daniels and Pierce Gagnon

Time travel is invented in the year 2074 but it is outlawed. It is used by criminal organizations to send those they want to kill in the past where they are killed by Loopers. Joe, a Looper, found the older version of himself sent back in time to kill; it's called as ‘closing the loop’. The young Joe tries to kill the old Joe. But the old Joe has his own mission. He plans to kill the child version of The Rainmaker, the future leader who closing the entire loop. The young Joe tries to stop it because he feels that the old Joe stoles his life. But when he meets Sara and her son, the young Joe starts to protect them and also save the future.

Looper was a great movie! I regret for not watch it sooner. The story about the effect of invented a time machine like Loopers and chaos everywhere was so convincing and also scary. Though I was kinda confusing about the way it works. I thought a lot about it while watching the movie. Then I decided to forget it and just enjoy the movie hehehe. Beside time machine and Loopers, the movie also introduced us to mutant people who called as kinetic. They can make an object flying with their hand. Hmmm, it was interesting but it was too much to understand those new things at once J

Back then, I was just watching Premium Rush and I didn’t think to watch any movie, especially which has a serious theme like Looper, though I love Gordon-Levitt’s acting. Gordon-Levitt looked a little different in this movie. As I read other reviews, the makeup crew makes him as the younger Willis, because they needed it to make the story to be more real and believable. You might not notice it at first sight. But minute by minute, he transformed into someone who has strange eyes. It made me laugh. In my opinion, they were trying too hard and it made Gordon-Levitt weird. Please don’t change him again in another movie L

Beside Gordon-Levitt, I also interested to watch this movie because of Emily Blunt. She is my favorite actress since I watched the Wolfman. She is actually a British woman. But in this role, her accent disappeared and I don’t know how she did it. She sounded good in her American accent. It made me think that I also can learn to speak with an accent, like the British. Don’t you think? J

I found an interesting fact about the production of the movie *you can call it as spoiler and this is the alert!* Joe was learning French because he planned to go to Paris when he finished being a Looper. But later the destination changed to Shanghai, China. The director changed the location because he realized that the crew didn’t have enough money to pay the production in Paris. Then a company from China offered to pay the production and shoot the scenes in China. So the story changed. AND don’t forget to check IMDB for quick information about (at least for me) some disturbing scene. I wondered how the movie was showing at Cinema XXI. Did they cut it or not? Wooohhooooooo :O

At last, although Looper presented several new things that can make me confuse a little, I’m sure you’ll love and enjoy the movie. Because it is not only offered action scene, but also a moral lesson that make me think a lot about life and how it impact other’s. Very recommended J

UPDATE! This timeline made me understand the concept :) *spoiler alert!*

Draf 1: Taktik Menulis Fiksi Pertamamu

Winna Efendi

356 halaman.  14 x 20 cm

Gagas Media, 2012 (cetakan pertama)

Rp49.000

Menulis itu susah? Banget.

Terutama kalau kita nggak punya komitmen kuat dan disiplin untuk itu. Truth to be told, menulis itu gampang-gampang susah. Terkadang terasa mudah dan menyenangkan, apalagi jika ide mengalir selancar air. Namun, menulis juga dapat terasa sulit karena tanpa teknik yang benar dan loyalitas untuk kembali ke halaman-halaman yang belum rampung, tulisan kita akan terus tidak selesai atau menjadi sebaik yang kita inginkan.Selama ini, banyak sekali teman dan pembaca yang bertanya kepada saya:

- Gimana, sih, caranya menulis fiksi yang enak dibaca?
- Bagaimana caranya menciptakan konflik yang nggak klise?
- Gimana proses menulis cerita dari awal sampai akhir?
- Ceritaku mandek dan nggak kelar-kelar, gimana ya supaya aku bisa menyelesaikannya?
- Bagaimana cara mengirimkan naskah ke penerbit, dan apa yang bisa kita lakukan supaya naskah tersebut ‘dilirik‘?
- Prosedur penerbitannya bagaimana?

Bagi kalian yang ingin tahu jawaban dari pertanyaan-pertanyaan di atas, well, this book might be the one for you.

Dan, mari bersama-sama menikmati proses menyenangkan menulis naskah fiksi pertamamu.

Draf 1: Taktik Menulis Fiksi Pertamamu adalah buku kedua yang membahas cara menulis fiksi serta tata cara penerbitannya yang aku baca. Penasaran banget sama buku ini dan jadinya kerasa susah banget nyarinya hahahaha. But finally I got it and I love it! :D

Buku ini memang tidak menawarkan hal yang benar-benar baru. Pertama melihat halaman daftar isinya, hal-hal umum seperti cara memotivasi diri untuk menulis, unsur-unsur dalam karya fiksi, cara pengirimkan naskah ke penerbit dan apa yang akan dilakukan ketika naskah diterima atau ditolak ada disana. Walaupun sama saja, aku masih semangat untuk baca ini. Karena aku yakin aku pasti dapet yang baru atau paling nggak terus mengingatkan diri untuk terus menulis. Hmm, kayaknya pikiran aku itu bener-bener salah ketika aku udah baca setengah bagian dari buku ini. This book was totally awesome! J

Kelebihannya itu akan aku jelaskan dalam beberapa poin dibawah ini J

-          Bahasanya enak dibaca dan rasanya jadi kayak ngobrol dengan penulisnya. Ini bisa membangun cara percaya diri pada penulis pemula dan juga hubungan baik antara penulis dan pembacanya.

-          Cara penjelasan materinya lengkap, detail dan juga disertai dengan latihan-latihan menulis kecil. Latihan yang tidak ada disetiap bab itu  yang secara tidak langsung membuat pembaca berubah dan mulai menulis sedikit demi sedikit.

-          Banyak hal yang bisa memotivasi diri tanpa memaksakan kehendak penulis ataupun anggapan orang lain. Yang penting nulis!

-          Keputusan untuk menggunakan unsur-unsur fiksi seperti point of view, plot, voice dan lainnya sepenuhnya ada ditangan kita dan penulis buku ini mendukung kita sepenuhnya untuk hal itu J

Tapi dibalik kelebihan, tentunya ada beberapa kekurangan yang tidak bisa dihindari L

-          Penulis terlalu banyak mengambil contoh dari novel-novelnya dan juga novel penulis orang lain, bahkan mengungkapkan beberapa spoiler yang menyangkut cerita, contohnya ending. Aku tentunya kecewa dengan hal ini. Karena aku baru aja beli novel Hujan dan Teduh karya Wulan Dewatra dan poin-poin utamanya udah dijelaskan secara singkat namun jelas di novel ini!

-          Ada error di halaman 56 tentang karakter antagonis. Berikut potongannya . .

“Juga, semua novel harus memiliki karakter antagonis. Dalam novel Ai, saya nggak menggunakan karakter antagonis sama sekali. And that’s okay.”

Mungkin seharusnya “Juga, semua novel tidak harus memiliki karakter antagonis”

-          Error juga ditemukan di halaman 200 yang membahas tentang deskripsi. Tapi error ini sepenuhnya kesalahan teknis layout

Akhir kata, kekurangan tersebut bisa diabaikan jika kita tetap setia dengan tujuan kita ketika membaca buku ini. Ya, menulis dan jadi penulis. Tidak ada salahnya untuk membaca Draf 1: Taktik Menulis Fiksi Pertamamu karena kita juga tidak menulis apa-apa tanpa membaca sama sekali. Recommended and let's writing fiction :D

Random Thought

New Girl Season 2 Episode 6 - Halloween 

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

Genre:

Romance/Fantasy

Director:

Bill Condon

Writers:

Melissa Rosenberg

Stephenie Meyer

Cast:

Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Maggie Grace, Jamie Campbell Bower, Michael Sheen, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, Dakota Fanning, Jackson Rathbone, Peter Facinelli, Billy Burke, Elizabeth Reaser and Mackenzie Foy

Breaking Dawn Part 2 opened the story by shows post event after Bella gave a birth, her transformation and becomes a vampire. She is now all the same as Edward and nothing can stop them being together. But she is a newborn and she has to manage herself live like a ‘good’ vampire, like don’t drink human blood and try to act like a normal person in front of her dad, Charlie. Not only Bella who has to adapt, Jacob also has a new life when he imprinted to Bella’s daughter, Renesmee. Bella shocked at once, but she cannot let two people she loves not happy together.

The next problem appears and it happens because Irina sees Renesmee with Jacob and Bella. She thinks that The Cullens breaks the Volturi’s law by creating an immortal child. She reports it and makes the Volturi plans to visit the Cullen soon. Alice sees the Volturi’s plan and warns her family. Then the Cullens calls their friends from all over the world to be witnesses and prove that Renesmee is not an immortal child. They hope the Volturi would believe it or they have to fight to save themselves.

Breaking Dawn Part 2 was . . a guilty pleasure for me, like the previous four movies. I like the story, I like the visualization, I like the music, and I like the actors and actresses. But I always found something that is wrong, like how flat Stewart was, how the girls in the theatre exaggerating Edward’s appearances and how gross the way they kiss and making love. I love the movies but not as I really love the novels J

I didn’t get the ticket on the first day the movie showing. I had to please by watching Paranormal Activity 4. Then three days later I finally got the tickets, yayyy! My waiting was worth when I watched the opening credits. They really want to make this sequel special and better than the others. When the movie started, I found that Stewart, Pattinson and Lautner was better in this sequel. They acted more natural and energetic. I think Stewart has to take a role of powerful woman in the next movies, she more fit that way. Then I also found that there are a lot of funny scenes in this movie and it was really entertaining, especially in Emmett’s and Bella’s scene. Go try comedy movie then, guys J

Instead of the progress that the trio Stewart, Pattinson and Lautner made, I feel that they didn’t share it with the newest member, Foy who played Renesmee. They didn’t seem like a new happy family. They more looks like close friends. It is different, isn’t it? And I also agree that I would never enjoy Bella-Edward sex scene, in the theater at least :p

The review of this movie is not complete if we didn’t talk about the twist. Yes, the twist! *For you guys who haven’t watched the movie, I think you should stop reading it or keep going if you like spoiler* I read the novel and I found that the meeting between The Cullens and The Volturi was a little bit boring. FYI, I read the English version and I think that’s why I didn’t get the message that Meyer tried to make to her readers. Is it really a twist? I googled some news about Breaking Dawn Part 2 before writing this review and I found this article, 'Breaking Dawn -- Part 2': Let's talk about that ending! [Obligatory spoiler alert]. I found that the novel described about the fight through Edward’s words. The Director, Bill Condon then decided to visualized it. Whoaaaaaa :O

At last, Breaking Dawn Part 2 was higher than my expectation. The movie ends with a song from Christina Perri and it almost made me cry. OMG, this is the very end of vampire romance that I read and watched since senior high school. You should watch it before it’s too late J

It’s Electrifying

Glee was doing Grease in this episode. It was so exciting. Because I know it would be awesome! :D I choose the most famous song of Grease, You’re The One That I Want, as my favorite Glee song. I know and you know this song already sang in first season. But that what made it special. I almost cried when Marley and Ryder, whose playing Sandy and Danny, changed to Rachel and Finn. The scene cut into the pilot episode, when Rachel and Finn very first meeting and the sang the same song. OMG! :’(

Well, happy Sunday guys J

Recommended For Your Saturday

Langit ke 7

Genre:

Drama

Director:

Rudi Soedjarwo

Cast:

Taskya Namya,Rechelle Rumawas, Bonita, Maureen Irwinsyah, Atika Noviasti, Pong Hendratmo, and Donny Damara

The Next Five Days (-1) in Seventh Semester

The lecturer explained and discussed ‘Writer’s Block’. It was really helpful J

HOMEWORK!

-          One page summary of our research plan

-          A journal or chapter book that we don’t understand

The lecturer explained about Shakespeare. It was really fun and I was wondering why I didn’t try to studying Shakespeare before J

HOMEWORK!

Read ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ J

The lecturer and the guest lecturer explained how to shoot a good angle for our commercial J

HOMEWORK!

Bring a camera, DSLR or digital to practice. If you don’t have any, it’s okay J

The half of our group members presented their analysis about Discourse and Grammar J

HOMEWORK!

Chapter report #5

On Thursday, I skipped two classes, Literary Research and Intercultural Communication because I need to go to Jakarta. Lucky me, the lecturers don’t give any assignment hehehehe J

The lecturer explained about ‘Narration and Focalization’ J

HOMEWORK!

Read Jan Mark’s ‘It Wasn’t Me’ J

Character Thursday #13: Heathcliff on Wuthering Heights

Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights

Heathcliff. Hanya Heathcliff.

Saat dipungut oleh Mr. Earnshaw di jalanan Liverpool, Heathcliff adalah anak kotor, compang-camping dan berambut hitam. Pada awalnya, Hindley dan Catherine, anak dari keluarga Earnshaw itu menyukai Heathcliff dan bersedia menganggapnya sebagai saudara. Tetapi saat ayah mereka terlihat lebih menyayangi anak yang tak jelas asal usulnya itu, mereka marah dan sering menyiksa saudara angkatnya. Heathcliff tidak hanya diam dan membalas semua itu sama buruknya. Tapi dia tidak membenci Cathy, panggilan Catherine. Mereka menjadi teman dekat dan selalu ada saat saling membutuhkan satu sama  lain J

“Dia [Catherine] menyayangi Heathcliff. Hukuman terberat yang bisa kami timpakan kepadanya adalah memisahkan dia dari Heathcliff; Tetapi gara-gara Heathcliff juga dia lebih sering dimarahi daripada kami yang lain” – halaman 62

Heathcliff diam-diam mencintai Cathy dan sepertinya itu bukan cinta yang bertepuk sebelah tangan. Tapi Edgar dari keluarga Linton yang terhormat muncul dan memikat Cathy. Merekapun menikah dan meninggalkan Heathcliff yang kecewa, terkhianati dan sakit hati. Oleh karena itulah dia berencana untuk membalas dendam dan merebut apapun yang dia pikir adalah miliknya. Usaha pertamanya adalah kembali dengan kondisi yang lebih baik dan memikat perhatian Cathy. Tapi pesona Heathcliff itu juga memikat adik Edgar, Isabella Linton :O

“Aku mencintainya lebih daripada kau mencintai Edgar, dan dia mungkin bisa mencintaiku, asal kau mau membiarkannya!” – halaman 148

Heathcliff lalu memanfaatkan cinta Isabella itu untuk rencana busuknya sendiri. Dari pernikahan yang tidak direstui itu, seorang anak laki-laki yang sakit-sakitan lahir dan diberi nama Linton. Heathcliff lalu mencoba menjodohkannya dengan Catherine, anak perempuan dari Catherine dan Edgar. Niat jahat itu berjalan dengan mulus. Tapi bukan itu yang Heathcliff yang sebenarnya inginkan. Dia hanya ingin dicintai, dicintai oleh Catherine yang kini sudah tiada L

Karakter Heathcliff ini sungguh mengerikan dan tidak menarik simpati pembaca, khususnya aku. Walaupun aku tahu semua dilakukan untuk mengobati hatinya yang terlanjur terluka, tapi cara balas dendamnya yang tidak pandang bulu, dia bahkan mengorbankan anaknya sendiri, sangat kejam. Aku bingung kenapa Emily Bronte bisa menciptakan karakter utama seperti ini? Apa yang memotivasinya ya? :O

Sebagai novel klasik yang sudah diakui kehebatannya, Wuthering Heights tentunya sudah sering diangkat ke layar lebar. Film adaptasi terbarunya tayang tahun lalu dan yang memerankan Heathcliff adalah James Howson J

Siapa ‘Character Thursday’ kamu minggu ini? J

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Character Thursday

Adalah book blog hop di mana setiap blog memposting tokoh pilihan dalam buku yang sedang atau telah dibaca selama seminggu terakhir (judul atau genre buku bebas).

- Kalian bisa menjelaskan mengapa kalian suka/benci tokoh itu, sekilas kepribadian si tokoh, atau peranannya dalam keseluruhan kisah.

- Jangan lupa mencantumkan juga cover buku yang tokohnya kalian ambil.

- Kalau buku itu sudah difilmkan, kalian juga bisa mencantumkan foto si tokoh dalam film, atau foto aktor/aktris yang kalian anggap cocok dengan kepribadian si tokoh.

Syarat Mengikuti :

1. Follow blog Fanda Classiclit sebagai host, bisa lewat Google Friend Connect (GFC) atau sign up via e-mail (ada di sidebar paling kanan). Dengan follow blog ini, kalian akan selalu tahu setiap kali blog ini mengadakan Character Thursday Blog Hop.

2. Letakkan button Character Thursday Blog Hop di posting kalian atau di sidebar blog, supaya follower kalian juga bisa menemukan blog hop ini. Kodenya bisa diambil di kotak di button.

3. Buat posting dengan menyertakan copy-paste “Character Thursday” dan “Syarat Mengikuti” ke dalam postingmu.

3. Isikan link (URL) posting kalian ke Linky di bawah ini. Cantumkan nama dengan format: Nama blogger @ nama blog, misalnya: Fanda @ Fanda Classiclit.

4. Jangan lupa kunjungi blog-blog peserta lain, dan temukan tokoh-tokoh pilihan mereka. Dengan begini, wawasan kita akan bertambah juga dengan buku-buku baru yang menarik…

Wuthering Heights

Emily Bronte

13.5 x 20 cm.  488 halaman

PT. Gramedia Pustaka Utama,  April 2011

Rp. 55.000,-

Wuthering Heights mengisahkan tentang cinta yang tak sampai antara Heathcliff dan Catherine Earnshaw. Ketika Catherine yang sangat dicintainya memutuskan untuk menikah dengan Edgar Linton yang merupakan saingan Heathcliff sejak kecil, Heathcliff pun melarikan diri dan kelak kembali sebagai pria kaya dan berpendidikan, lalu dia mulai menyusun rencana pembalasan dendam kepada keluarga Earnshaw dan Linton yang diyakininya telah menghancurkan hidupnya.

Berdasarkan mata kuliah, Survey in Contemporary English Literature yang pernah aku kontrak dua tahun yang lalu, Wuthering Heights adalah salah satu karya sastra yang terbaik pada zamannya. Selain tema ceritanya yang tidak biasa (katanya), penulisnya juga tak biasa. Karena di zaman dulu penulis perempuan tidak diakui keberadaannya dan tentunya sulit untuk menerbitkan karyanya. Bronte Sister menjadi bagian dari awalnya kebangkitan penulis perempuan. Salah satu dari Bronte Sister, Emily, menulis novel ini dan berhasil memikat pembacanya. Oleh sebab itulah aku tertarik untuk membaca novel ini J

Tapi niatku itu tidak langsung aku laksanakan. Alasannya adalah mengenai sulitnya memahami sastra klasik atau canonical texts ini. Tapi semakin lama aku jadi malu sendiri. Sebagai mahasiswi sastra Inggris yang tahu tentang fakta diatas dan juga mempelajarinya, kenapa aku tak kunjung mencoba membacanya? Bella Swan saja membacanya berulang kali sampai memimpikannya hehehehe. Thank God, my very good friend, @alcynta has the book, the Indonesia translation and lend it to me J

Hal pertama yang kulakukan saat memegang buku Wuthering Heights adalah membaca sinopsisnya yang ada di bagian sampul belakang. Sinopsisnya singkat tapi jelas. Hmm, jadi ini cerita tentang cinta segitiga. Lalu aku memikirkan bahwa tokoh Heathcliff mirip dengan Mr. Dancy di Pride and Prejudice, angkuh, misterius tapi menyimpan cinta yang tak terkira. Aku juga yakin bahwa pembalasan dendam yang direncanakan oleh Heathcliff adalah sebuah rencana yang elegan. Guess what? I was totally wrong about it! Kalimat pembuka dalam bab pertama tidak keluar dari mulut Heathcliff, Catherine ataupun Edgar. Seorang penyewa properti yang bernama Mr. Lockwood menjadi orang yang menceritakan cerita ini. Dia juga mendeskripsikan betapa buruknya Heathcliff dan penghuni Wuthering Heights (oohh, jadi itu the nama rumah ya :O) memperlakukannya :O

Aku tahu kamu kaget membaca paragrap sebelumnya, apalagi aku yang menemukannya sendiri saat membaca novelnya. Yang lebih mengagetkannya lagi, cerita cinta segitiga yang berjadi antara Heathcliff, Catherine dan Egdar diceritakan oleh Mrs. Dean, perempuan yang sudah melayani keluarga itu sejak dulu. Mrs. Dean terlibat secara langsung pada peristiwa-peristiwa yang terjadi pada ketiga orang itu, dari dulu sampai sekarang. Lalu ceritapun tergulir dari cerita-cerita yang diucapkan oleh Mrs. Dean dan juga Mr. Lockwood J

Walaupun Mrs. Dean dan Mr. Lockwood yang mengambil alih menjadi pencerita dalam novel ini, hal-hal kecil tapi tidak menyenangkan seperti sumpah serapah dari ketiga tokoh utama, ditambah anggota keluarga dan juga anak mereka tetap ada sampai cerita habis. Oh God, what happened to people on that era? Kenapa mereka begitu sering, suka dan selalu mengatakan sesuatu disertai dengan umpatan? Apakah ada historical background yang menyebabkan hal tersebut? Tapi seingatku tidak ada satu kalimatpun yang membahas tentang perang, kelaparan, kekeringan atau bentuk krisis yang lainnya. Namun aku bisa merasakan bahwa ada rasa sakit hati, cinta yang tak sampai dan kesepian yang tersembunyi dalam setiap kata-kata kasar itu. Apakah tebakanku benar? I think I have to read some secondary sources to figure it out J

At last, aku bangga bisa menyelesaikan novel klasik ini (walau agak malu karena aku baca versi terjemahan). Novel klasik biasanya ditutup dengan ending yang  . . menggantung (?) dan membuat pembacanya galau. Tapi aku suka dengan ending seperti itu dan aku yakin Bella Swan juga suka :p

Random Thought

New Girl Season 2 Episode 5 - Models

Please Let Us Just Love

Protect The Boss (보스를 지켜라)

Director:

Son Jung Hyun

Screenwriter:

Kwon Ki Young

Cast:

Choi Kang Hee, Ji Sung, Kim Jaejoong, Wang Ji Hye, Lee Hee Won, Park Young Kyu, Cha Hwa Yun, Kim Young Ok, Ha Jae Sook, Jung Kyu Soo, Kim Hyung Bum, and Kim Ha Kyoon

Protect The Boss is a story of No Eun Seol. She finally gets a job as a professional secretary at a large conglomerate after struggling with unemployment. Cha Ji Heon, her boss who is the immature youngest son of a chaebol family, is so cruel. Eun Seol has to survive with all weird and nonsense things that her boss asks. Lucky, she meets Cha Moo Won, a hard-working and conscientious junior executive in the company, and become friends. Surprising, Jin Heon and Moo Won fall in love with Eun Seol. Eun Seol is confuse because she doesn't want to mix bussiness with pleasure. Then Seo Na-Yoon, childhood friend of Ji Heon and Moo Won comes and makes it more complicated

Actually, I bought this drama last year and just watched eight episodes. It was kinda boring because Eun Soel can not decided yet who she loves. But today, when I was doing my tons of assigments, I think I need something funny and long enough to company me. Then I choose this drama. Well, it isn't that bad :p

Btw, I love the soundtrack of this drama. You can hear it below :)

Wait, have watched it or not? Tell me :)

All You're Giving Me is Fiction

Glee's back with Grease theme!

Actually I hate when they started to sing a song from classic or broadway songs, because I don't know them.  It makes my choice of favorite Glee cover more difficult hehehehe. I have to get used to it :p

For this episode, I used to pick Marley and Wade's song, Blow Me (One Last Kiss), but Kitty and Jake amazed me with their atlethic dance. They can sing and dance, what a perfect combo! :D

Happy Sunday y'all :D

Paranormal Activity 4

Genre:

Supernatural Horror

Directors:

Henry Joost

Ariel Schulman

Writers:

Zack Estrin

Christopher B. Landon

Cast:

Kathryn Newton, Matt Shively, Aiden Lovekamp, Brady Allen, Stephen Dunham, Alexondra Lee, and Katie Featherson

Paranormal Activity 4 is a sequel of Paranormal Activity 2. October 9^th 2006, Katie killed her sister, Kristi Rey and her husband. She kidnapped his nephew, Hunter and then remained unknown.  Five years later, the suburban family witness strange events in their house after their take care their neighbor’s son, Robbie. Alex, the older daughter and her boyfriend, Ben install laptops and Kinect all around the house to record any other strange occurrences.

Before I give my opinion on Paranormal Activity 4, I want to say that I didn’t get Breaking Dawn Part II’s tickets and it made my boyfriend and I watched this film. It didn’t mean that I watched this movie by accident, because I was curious about the newest sequel. So, I thought I could save our Friday date and choose this one J

I haven’t watched the second and the third movie. I just watched the first movie and it was about three years ago. I don’t know the whole story about Hunter or Katie’s and Kristi’s childhood but I know what this movie was going to show. The footage that would trying to scare me off. That’s why I excited to watched it J Minute by minute, I was searching for shadows, moving chairs, flying knife, strange sounds and also Katie. Her blank face was very scary, even when she is smiling. Nothing special and now, except the Kinect technology but that was not interest me at all. The interesting part was the ending. It was so intense and fast. I could hardly breathe hahahaha. And it makes me want to watch the two previous movies and also the next one :D

As I wrote before, Katie as Katie (don’t confused, okay J) was very scared me. I was waiting for her appearance but once she came, I regret it :p Beside her, my attention was falling to Alex who played by Kathryn Newton. Paranormal Activity usually picked unpopular actors and actress. But now they picked Newton. She is so cute and beautiful. She was so annoying in Bad Teacher but now she all grown up and I’m sure she will get the right movie to be successful actress later J

Several reviews that I read about this movie wrote that it is unnecessary sequel because it hasn’t something new, both the story and the way their told it. But I think it depends to our purpose to watch it. If you want to be scare, watch it. But if you want a good story, watch other movies. For me, it scare me enough and I don’t think I will survive in the next movie :p

Ps. I couldn’t sleep last night. Ugh, I was such a chicken heart L

Random Thought

New Girl Season 2 Episode 4 - Neighbors

The Next Three Days in Seventh Semester

The lecturer invited our senior, @Indheast who just finished her study. She was very kind to share her experience and gave us tips and trick to write our research proposal :)

The lecturer explained about Catherine Belsey's chapter, 'Textual Analysis as a Research Method'. She also showed a blog where she got the material from :)

Mid term test and I was not sure with my answers :O

The lecturer explained relationship between Television and Advertisement :)

Luke Sullivan's quote: "great print can make you famous, television can make you rich"

The fouth group which my group, explained our understanding about 'Discourse and Grammar' :)